Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 5)

Deutschland sucht den Superstar
Season 5
Broadcast from March 8, 2008–May 17, 2008 (Mottoshows + Jetzt oder Nie show)
Judges Dieter Bohlen, Andreas "Bär" Läsker, Anja Lukaseder
Host(s) Marco Schreyl
Winner:
Thomas Godoj
Origin Rybnik, Poland
Song "Love Is You"
Genre(s) Pop rock, Alternative rock
Runner-up
Fady Maalouf
Chronology
2008

The fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar live shows began March 8, 2008. It is currently hosted by Marco Schreyl and jury panel, Dieter Bohlen, Anja Lukaseder, and Andreas "Bär" Läsker also star. This season, instead of making Top 20 Shows (where the boys and girls are split up in 2 groups of 10 and the viewing public voting for their favorite), the producers decided to make Top 15 Live-show "Now or never" and chose the top 10 live to premier in the mottoshows for the upcoming season.

Contents

Episode summaries

"Die Top 15 – Jetzt oder nie" (The Top 15 - Now or Never) (Contestants not in order)

Original Airdate: March 8, 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Audience Vote/
Jury Vote
Benjamin Herd Let Me Love You (Mario) 4,65% (7/15)
Collins Owusu Amazing (Seal) 2,5% (9/15)
Felix Gaisberger Hero (Enrique Iglesias) 1,1% (13/15) (elim)
Simon Gincberg Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx) 0,96% (15/15) (elim)
Christopher Schnell Mandy (Westlife) 3,73% (8/15) (elim)
Fady Maalouf Home (Michael Bublé) 8,55% (2/15)
Jermaine Alford I Swear (All-4-One) 2,06% (12/15)
Thomas Godoj Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol) 47,5% (1/15)
Juna Manaj Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) (Christina Aguilera) 2,08% (11/15) (elim)
Monika Ivkic Hurt (Christina Aguilera) 7,25% (3/15)
Sahra Drone Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis) 5,54% (5/15)
Viviana Stengel Bubbly (Colbie Caillat) 1,06% (14/15) (elim)
Linda Teodosiu Soulmate (Natasha Bedingfield) 6,03% (4/15)
Rania Zeriri Get Here (Oleta Adams) 4,82% (6/15)
Stella Salato Unbreak My Heart (Toni Braxton) 2,17% (10/15)

Advancing to Top 10 (Public votes): Monika, Linda, Fady, Sahra, Thomas

Advancing to Top 10 (Jury selection): Jermaine, Rania, Stella, Collins, Benjamin

Finals

Contestants

Rania Zeriri, born on January 6, 1986 in Enschede is of Algerian-Dutch ethnicity. Zeriri was born with holes in her vocal cords. In spite of this vocal handicap she reached a high position, nevertheless.

Benjamin Herd, was born in Worms and the youngest male contestant of this season. He was early disputed, due to both his extravagant behavior and his enduring back-talking disrespect especially to the jury, which eventually led to his voluntary leaving. Jury member Dieter Bohlen then talked Herd back into the competition, where he was finally was voted off by the audience on April 19, 2008; just reaching the 6th show.

Thomas Godoj, was the winner of the fifth season. He was born in southern Poland, but raised in Recklinghausen.

Fady Maalouf was runner up of the season. He was born in Zahlé, Lebanon. His song in the finals entitled "Blessed" went straight to #2 in the German charts upon release, followed by Blessed that also charted at #2 in the German albums chart.

"Top 10 - Aktuelle Hits" (Greatest Current Hits)

Original Airdate: March 15, 2008ds
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage of calls
Fady Maalouf Helpless When She Smiles (Backstreet Boys) 7,08% (4/10)
Benjamin Herd LoveStoned (Justin Timberlake) 5,88% (5/10)
Jermaine Alford Apologize (OneRepublic) 2,37% (10/10)
Rania Zeriri Rehab (Amy Winehouse) 4,67% (6/10)
Linda Teodosiu Oh Mother (Christina Aguilera) 8,9% (3/10)
Stella Salato Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie) 2,78% (9/10)
Collins Owusu I'll Be Waiting (Lenny Kravitz) 3,7% (7/10)
Sahra Drone Listen (Beyoncé Knowles) 2,85% (8/10)
Thomas Godoj Stark (Ich & Ich) 52,75% (1/10)
Monika Ivkic Nobody Knows (Pink) 9,02% (2/10)

Bottom 5: Linda, Fady, Jermaine, Collins, Benjamin

Jury Elimination Forecast: Jermaine, Collins

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Monika or Sahra or Thomas (All)

Eliminated: Jermaine

"Top 9 - Die grössten Filmhits" (Film Hits)

Original Airdate: March 22, 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage of calls
Collins Owusu Everybody Needs Somebody (Blues Brothers) 3,15% (7/9)
Sahra Drone Too Lost In You (Sugababes) 1,24% (9/9)
Benjamin Herd Stand By Me (Ben E. King) 7,08% (6/9)
Stella Salato Run to You (Whitney Houston) 3,01% (8/9)
Monika Ivkic I'm Every Woman (Whitney Houston) 7,28% (5/9)
Rania Zeriri Colors of the Wind (Vanessa L. Williams) 7,69% (4/9)
Thomas Godoj Same Mistake (James Blunt) 39,88% (1/9)
Linda Teodosiu GoldenEye (Tina Turner) 9,58% (3/9)
Fady Maalouf She's Like The Wind (Patrick Swayze) 21,09% (2/9)

Bottom 5: Linda, Collins, Benjamin, Rania, Sahra

Jury Elimination Forecast: Benjamin, Collins (Dieter), Collins, Rania (Anja), Benjamin (Bär)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Fady (Dieter, Anja), Monika, Fady (Bär)

Eliminated: Sahra

"Top 8 - Mariah Carey / Take That Songs"

Original Airdate: April 5, 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage of calls
Linda Teodosiu Hero (Mariah Carey) 9,21% (2/8)
Benjamin Herd Relight My Fire (Take That) 5,82% (7/8)
Rania Zeriri Against All Odds (Mariah Carey) 7,27% (4/8)
Collins Owusu Love Ain't Here Anymore (Take That) 5,91% (6/8)
Monika Ivkic Without You (Mariah Carey) 6,12% (5/8)
Stella Salato Dreamlover (Mariah Carey) 5,03% (8/8)
Fady Maalouf Back for Good (Take That) 8,54% (3/8)
Thomas Godoj Rule the World (Take That) 52,1% (1/8)

Bottom 4: Monika, Benjamin, Rania, Stella

Jury Elimination Forecast: Benjamin (All)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Thomas (All)

Eliminated: Stella

Guest star, Mariah Carey performed her new hit single "Touch My Body" and worked with the contestants backstage. This is the first time that the host spoke English and had an English interview live on the show. As well, casting contestant Mario Teusch sang "Supermario", a techno song of his experience at his audition with the jury.

"Top 7 - Greatest Hits"

Original Airdate: April 12, 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage of calls
Monika Ivkic What a Feeling (Irene Cara) 5,94% (6/7)
Collins Owusu End of the Road (Boyz II Men) 4,45% (7/7)
Rania Zeriri Smooth Operator (Sade) 10,4% (4/7)
Thomas Godoj I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2) 40,81% (1/7)
Benjamin Herd Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!) 6,54% (5/7)
Fady Maalouf Your Song (Elton John) 13,91% (3/7)
Linda Teodosiu One Day in Your Life (Anastacia) 17,95% (2/7)

Bottom 4: Collins, Rania, Benjamin, Thomas

Jury Elimination Forecast: Rania (Dieter), Benjamin or Rania (Anja and Bär)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Fady or Linda

Eliminated: Collins

"Top 6 - Judges' Choice"

Original Airdate: April 19, 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage of calls
Fady Maalouf We Have a Dream (Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 1)) (chosen by Dieter Bohlen) 12,98% (3/6)
Rania Zeriri Valerie (Amy Winehouse) (chosen by "Bär" Läsker) 6,63% (5/6)
Benjamin Herd Señorita (Justin Timberlake) (chosen by Anja Lukaseder) 5,91% (6/6)
Linda Teodosiu Because of You (Kelly Clarkson) (chosen by Anja Lukaseder) 15,15% (2/6)
Monika Ivkic Für dich (Yvonne Catterfeld) (chosen by Dieter Bohlen) 8,95% (4/6)
Thomas Godoj Shadow of the Day (Linkin Park) (chosen by "Bär" Läsker) 50,38% (1/6)

Bottom 3: Rania, Benjamin, Monika

Jury Elimination Forecast: Benjamin or Rania (All)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Linda or Thomas (All)

Eliminated: Benjamin

Top 5: Party Music and Ballads

Original Airdate: April 26, 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage/
calls
Linda Teodosiu I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor) 15,37% (3/5)
The Voice Within (Christina Aguilera)
Rania Zeriri I'm So Excited (Pointer Sisters) 8,12% (5/5)
Save the Best For Last (Vanessa L. Williams)
Monika Ivkic Let's Get Loud (Jennifer Lopez) 9,78% (4/5)
Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack)
Thomas Godoj You Get What You Give (New Radicals) 50,04% (1/5)
Behind Blue Eyes (The Who/ Limp Bizkit)
Fady Maalouf Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley) 16,69% (2/5)
All By Myself (Eric Carmen)

Bottom 3: Rania, Thomas, Monika

Jury Elimination Forecast: Rania or Monika (Dieter), Rania (Anja and Bär)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Didn't say (All)

Eliminated: Rania

Top 4: Germany Against England (Hits in Germany and England)

Original Airdate: May 3, 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage/
calls
Monika Ivkic You Might Need Somebody (Shola Ama) 9,05% (4/4)
Liebe ist alles (Rosenstolz)
Fady Maalouf Und wenn ein Lied (Söhne Mannheims) 19,22% (3/4)
Breathe Easy (Blue)
Thomas Godoj Wonderwall (Oasis) 46,83% (1/4)
Mensch (Herbert Grönemeyer)
Linda Teodosiu Durch die Nacht (Silbermond) 24,9% (2/4)
Mercy (Duffy)

Bottom: all candidates were in the Bottom Group

Jury Elimination Forecast: Monika (All)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Didn't say (All)

Eliminated: Monika

Top 3: Number 1 Hits/ The Beatles/ Dedications

Original Airdate: May 10, 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage/
calls
Thomas Godoj In the Shadows (The Rasmus) 46,34% (1/3)
Let it Be (The Beatles)
Easy (Faith No More)
Linda Teodosiu Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna) 23,34% (3/3)
With a Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles)
My All (Mariah Carey)
Fady Maalouf You Raise Me Up (Westlife) 30,32% (2/3)
Yesterday (The Beatles)
Feeling Good (Michael Bublé)

Jury Elimination Forecast: Linda (Anja, Dieter), Fady (Bär)

Jury Best Performance Forecast: Thomas or Fady (Anja, Dieter), Thomas or Linda (Bär)

Eliminated: Linda

Top 2: Finale (Singer's choice, Highlight song & Winner's Single)

Original Airdate: May 17, 2008
Contestant Song (Artist) Percentage/
calls
Fady Maalouf Careless Whisper (Wham) 37,8% (2/2)
She's Like The Wind (Patrick Swayze)
Blessed (Fady Maalouf)
Thomas Godoj Fairytale Gone Bad (Sunrise Avenue) 62,2% (1/2)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Love Is You (Thomas Godoj)

Elimination chart

Legend
Female Male Top 15 Top 10 Winner
Safe Safe First Safe Last Eliminated
Stage: Top 15 Finals
Week: 3/1 3/8 3/15 3/22 4/5 4/12 4/26 5/3 5/10 5/17
Place Contestant Result
1 Thomas Godoj Viewers Winner
2 Fady Maalouf Viewers Btm 2 Btm 2 Runner-Up
3 Linda Teodosiu Viewers Btm 3 Elim
4 Monika Ivkic Viewers Btm 2 Btm 3 Btm 2 Elim
5 Rania Zeriri Judges Btm 2 Elim
6 Benjamin Herd Judges Btm 2 Btm 3 Elim
7 Collins Owusu Judges Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
8 Stella Salato Judges Btm 2 Btm 2 Elim
9 Sahra Drone Viewers Btm 3 Elim
10 Jermaine Alford Judges Elim
11-15 Christopher Schnell Elim
Felix Gaisberger
Juna Manaj
Simon Gincberg
Viviana Stengel

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